Roger Stone May Be Headed Back To Prison

 Stone helped spearhead the “Stop the Steal” campaign which protested the 2020 election results

The notorious conservative and Donald Trump ally, Roger Stone, was recently on federal prosecutors’ radar for his affiliations to far-right nationalist organizations.

According to CNN, Stone has not been charged with any crimes but investigators were looking at him in an undisclosed investigation along with Proud Boys, the far-right radical organization. Officials also looked into if they meant to intimidate a federal judge.

The case is closed but it reveals figures close to Trump were involved in the Capitol takeover.

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Back in 2019, after Stone testified in a court hearing, a post appeared on his Instagram page featuring Amy Berman Jackson, the judge presiding over his case with crosshairs behind her head. But Stone claimed he did not post the image and said Proud Boys leader, Enrique Tarrio, helped him run his social media.

Stone was one of the people pardoned by the former president before he exited the White House.

Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Now, it looks like Stone has ties to another radical group. He attended the Jan. 6 seize on the Capitol and was accompanied by Oath Keepers. He did not enter the Capitol but helped spearhead the “Stop the Steal” campaign, which protested the 2020 election results.

As per theGrio, six people who are members of the Oath Keepers served as guards to Robert Stone before storming the Capitol.

The New York Times found video footage that shows the group protecting Stone, a friend and former advisor of former President Donald J. Trump on both Jan. 5 and the day of the violent attack.

They were all found to be associated with the Oath Keepers, a national right-wing militia organization that has provided security for right-wing figures during public events in the past, according to the report.

During the afternoon on Jan. 5, Stone is driven around by one of the six Oath Keepers while the others were on foot after he delivered a speech at the U.S. Supreme Court. They continued to provide safety services to Stone later on the same day when he spoke at a political rally on behalf of Trump.

“We will win this fight or America will step off into a thousand years of darkness,” he said during the event, according to the Times.

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On the morning of Jan. 6, members are still seen standing guard for Stone before he returned to a hotel for the remainder of the day. While Stone himself was not pictured participating in the insurrection, he shared footage from various speeches and rallies online, according to the report.

The Oath Keepers who surrounded him a majority of the time before the riots began, however, were pictured participating in the violent events.

The New York Times reports that Stone issued a statement on Feb. 10 regarding those who stormed the federal building. According to the publication, he stated he “saw no evidence whatsoever of illegal activity by any members” of the Oath Keepers, and continued to share that if there is proof members did participate, then “they should be prosecuted.”

Additional reporting by DeMicia Inman

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Michigan Republican linked to organizer of rally where militia allegedly plotted to kidnap Whitmer

Igor Derysh

Fri, October 16, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT

Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James received campaign contributions and was photographed with the organizer of the rally where conspirators accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allegedly plotted with a militia to recruit more members.

James, along with Vice President Mike Pence, was photographed with Ryan D. Kelley, a Grand Rapids real estate agent who heads the American Patriot Council, in since-deleted social media images reviewed by Salon. President Donald Trump was also pictured with Kelley in a photo posted to his Facebook profile.

John James; Gretchen Whitmer

John James and Gretchen Whitmer Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images

Kelley was the organizer of the "Well-Regulated Militia" rally at the Michigan capitol in June. The FBI alleged in court documents that the leader of the group who plotted the attack on Whitmer met with militia leader Ty Garbin and a confidential source at the rally to discuss a plan and recruit more members.

Federal Election Commission records also show that Kelley has donated thousands to James' campaign. James, who lost his 2018 Senate bid, is virtually tied with incumbent Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., in the latest New York Times/Siena College poll.

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Kelley's pro-gun rally drew "dozens of armed members from various militias, most of them white," to the state capitol where they met with "other fringe groups like Boogaloo Bois and Proud Boys," according to Bridge Michigan.

The FBI alleged that the rally was among the locations where members plotted to kidnap Whitmer, try her in a remote location in Wisconsin and execute her for "treason" after complaining that the state's coronavirus lockdown had shuttered gyms. The FBI charged 13 men, including members of the Wolverine Watchmen militia, in the alleged plot last week.

Kelley disputed a link between the rally and the plot, noting that one of the suspects was a Black Lives Matter supporter and another suspect posted an anti-Trump video.

"The June APC Rally was pro-law enforcement," he said in a statement to Salon. "We coordinated the entire rally with Michigan State Police [and] thanked them publicly for their service. To suggest our rally was a meeting place to discuss a plot against the [governor] is grossly inaccurate."

James' campaign did not respond to questions from Salon, but it sent over a statement the Republican previously made to reporters.

"That was insane. That's like the most 2020 headline I've seen this week," he told reporters after the news broke. "Under no circumstances should we have this at all. I condemn any domestic terrorism, and I hate it in all its forms. I swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and the individuals implicated in this should be prosecuted to the fullest extent."

"I took an oath to defend the Constitution and this nation against enemies foreign and DOMESTIC," the Army veteran added on Twitter. "Those who threatened our State must be prosecuted to the fullest."

Trump, who called to "liberate Michigan" in April and has been accused of emboldening militias, came under fire last month after he refused to denounce the Proud Boys and white supremacists in the first presidential debate. He also tweeted in support of protesters who stormed the Michigan capitol, some of whom were armed with guns, to condemn the state's coronavirus restrictions.

Trump's son Eric scrapped a campaign appearance on Monday at a Michigan gun shop where one of the plot suspects previously worked.

James, who has billed himself as a unity candidate, has also echoed the rhetoric from far-right Michigan groups who have criticized Whitmer's coronavirus restrictions, railing against "socialism" and suggesting that Whitmer was dictator at recent campaign stops. His campaign stops have drawn members of the Proud Boys, which the FBI has classified as an "extremist group with ties to white nationalism." James has also campaigned with NRA board member Ted Nugent, who has repeatedly espoused support for the militia movement.

Whitmer linked Republican rhetoric to the alleged plot against her over the weekend.

"I do believe that there are still serious threats that groups like this group — these domestic terrorists — are finding comfort and support in the rhetoric coming out of Republican leadership from the White House to our state House," she told CBS News. "And so I remain concerned about safety and integrity going up to this election."

The American Patriot Council denounced the alleged plot after the FBI announced the arrests.

"The American Patriot Council in no way condones violence as a form of political action. As the public is well aware, any actions taken by the American Patriot Council have been legal and lawful," the group said in a statement. "While we hold the view that many public officials are guilty of a litany of crimes, and it has been our goal to hold these officials criminally responsible, we must do so lawfully."

"The American Patriot Council believes in law and order across the board and that no American citizen should be deprived of their right to due process of law," the statement added. "We have no affiliation with any other groups, nor will we aid or abet anyone using threats or acts of violence. Please take note that we are on the side of law enforcement. To this point, we have not been made aware of any plans of violence, and we believe our members and followers to be patriots."

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Trump, meanwhile, attacked Whitmer over the coronavirus restrictions after the arrests were announced. He also demanded that she thank him.

"Rather than say thank you," Trump tweeted, "she calls me a White Supremacist."

America's Second Civil War

America's Second Civil War Is Next

It looks like it has. The Trumpdroids have been activated.

What's our next move?

What counter terrorism techniques can we employ?

Do we rely on the government to keep us safe? Remember, when seconds count the cops are minutes away.

Should we avoid stores, theaters, malls, concerts, schools, houses of worship etc..?

Should we abandon our gay and non white friends to avoid being in the line of fire?

Should we go on offense or should we hide?

Should we terrorize the people and organizations responsible or would that make things even worse?

I will not appease these terrorists and I will not abandon my non white friends.  I will  not bow to their tyranny and terrorism. I will follow Presidents Bush 1 and Bush 2 and Obama's lead and work to rid the world of tyrants and terrorists. I will fight terrorist organizations such as the Proud Boys NRA, KKK,  Proud Boys and today's GOP.  I will work to shut down and monkey wrench terrorist propaganda sites and trolls.

I would urge you all to report in anyone who espouses racist and Nazi views or flies the Confederate swastika. For now I will confront racists and I will punk them and provoke them into attacking me so that I can legally dispatch them. I will continue to surveil and report terrorists and anyone who supports or defends fascism.

If you want to be an asshole and claim that they have a right to free speech you are for them and you are against their victims. There very presence is their speech which is their intent. You know what their intent is. In case you want to equivocate and intellectualize what their intent may be, I will leave you with some evidence from their forebears.  What they want and what they will do is who they are. And any time they attack one American they attack America. They are the enemy whether are firing their assault weapons or spreading lies and propaganda.



















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